Cattle-car



(No Model.)

N. P. WILKERSO-N. i

CATTLE GAR.

No. 250,120. Patented Nov. 29,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NANCY P. WILKERSON, 0F TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

CATTLE-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,120, dated November 29, 1881.

Application filed April 6, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NANCY P. WILKERsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Terre Haute, in the county' of Vigo and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle-Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to cars for transporting cattle; and it consists in the construction, adaptation, and application to a car-body ot' sliding-section partitions, carrying food and water troughs, and of adjustable stall-walls, as will be hereinafter more specifically set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section of a car having my improved sliding sections and adjustable stalls attached thereto, one end of the car being shown in side elevation; and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the car and attachments, cut through line .fr a: of Fig.1.

To the body of the car A is attached stalldivision walls B by means of rods b. These rods pass through the roof of the car down through the division-walls and door, and are then secured by screw-nuts c. By this method of attaching the division-walls they can be readily detached and the car made available for carrying freight. Upon the rear portion of the stall-division walls in the end sections of the car are constructed gate-projections B', swung upon right-and-left hinges d d. These gates when open form passage-ways for the cattle, and when closed form continuations of the division-walls.

Sliding vertically in guides C, constructed upon the inner sides of the car and equidistant from each other, are solid or open-work transverse section-partitions D. Rigidly attached to the lower edge of these sliding partitions, and running across the entire width of the interior of the car, are water-troughs E, provided with faucets or plugs e, through which the water is drawn from the troughs when desired.

Resting upon the water-trough, and hinged to the sliding partition by means of springhinges p, are food-troughs F. These springhinges operate to retain the trough in its downward or upward position, as desired. Food and water are injected into the trough by meansof funnelsff. By swinging the trough F upward, as at W, Fig. l, cobs and other refuse remaining in the trough are made to fall through openings or slots y g in partition D and h in the oor of the car. The openings h are of snfcient size to admit of the stalls being kept clean without endangering the animals. These section-partitions carrying the troughs E and F are raised and lowered in their guides by means of windlasses H, preferably located under the floor of the car, and provided with pawland-ratchet mechanisln't' and crank k. Wire or other strong ropes, l, each having one end secured to a lower corner of the sliding partition, pass up over pulleys m, attached to the upper interior portion ofthe car, and then down through suitable apertures in the door to the windlass. It is obvious that these partitions D may be slid laterally through openings in the side of the car, and can be readily detached from the car by disconnecting the rope lfrom the windlass. The hoisting power may be applied from the top of the car, as shown at z, Fig.l. Doors I are provided, preferably at both ends of the car, on each side. Rings n, to which the rope or halter is tied, are also provided, and are fastened to the floor near the water-trough.

Tanks or supply-pipes K, for water, are placed around the edge ot' the car-roof, and are secured in any well-known way. Branch pipes g (shown in dotted lines) descend to the watertroughs, by means of which the supplying of water to the cattleis greatly facilitated. These tanks or main supply-pipes maybe connected with the locomotive, and be fed therefrom by means of rubber hose or other pipes provided with suitable couplings. A small room or bin may be constructed in the car for the purpose of holding grain with which to feed the cattle.

From the novel construction of my improved cattle-car, it will be seen that the cattle are made to ride with their heads toward the engine; that there can be no danger in loading or unloading, as the cattle pass directly through the car; that each head of cattle stands in its own stall; that the cattle can lie or stand at will 5 that each has his feed to himself; that they cannot hook or iight each other, as the stalls are IOO securely separated, and that they can be 'fed and watered regularly from the outside and eat While the car is in motion.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In combination with a cattle-car, the sliding tranverse sectionpartitions D and longitudinal walls B, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a cattle-car, the sliding partitions D, food-troughs F, and watertroughs E, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a cattle-ear, the sliding partitions D, food-troughs F, and springhinges p, substantially as described.

4. In combination with a cattle-car, the partition D, having aperture g, food-troughs F,

and oorhaving aperture h, as and for the pur- 

